A smartwatch like the new Apple Watch Series 11 serves me well. It tracks my fitness, monitors my key health stats, and helps me cut down on screen time. But if having a tiny glowing rectangle strapped to your wrist feels more distracting than helpful—and you don’t need your watch to tell the time—then the Polar Loop is here to rescue your focus.
The Polar Loop Screen-free Wearable Health Band & Fitness Tracker is, as the name screams, gloriously screen-free. That means no buzzing notifications, and no checking the time every 15 seconds like a caffeinated squirrel. Instead, the Loop quietly does the health heavy lifting in the background: tracking your heart rate, sleep, and daily activity with Polar’s Precision Prime sensor technology. On top of that, unlike many fitness bands out there, it is totally subscription-free.
It is lightweight too, just 29 g with the band on, and slimmer than most of the smart gizmos out there at 27 by 42 by 9 mm. On the inside, it packs a 170 mAh rechargeable battery good for up to 8 days, Bluetooth LE connectivity, and enough memory to make you wonder if this little wristband is secretly judging you. Add water resistance up to WR30, a comfy SoftWeave band, and a companion Flow app for training insights, and you’ve got a health tracker that works without shouting about it.
So, if your idea of wellness doesn’t involve a screen yelling at you to “close your rings,” the Polar Loop might be the quiet accountability partner you didn’t know you needed. The Polar Loop is available now in Night Black, Greige Sand, or Brown Copper for US$199.99.
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